Moving to a new home, especially in a new city, can be hard. Ceece Kelley has written a new Georgie Dupree story that will help kids find a way to cope with getting settled in a new place. Georgie Dupree: Drawn to Friends starts with...

It was Ralph the pond frog's birthday, and Billy the tree frog was excited. Billy wanted to give him a scary party. Though Ralph was a pond frog, he and Billy were best friends. Billy invited all their friends to the scary party and worked...

Character strengths are something that we do not talk about much with children, but we should. Cindy Goldberg’s book, ABC…That Sounds Like Me! A Strengths Spotting Alphabet Book is a great way to introduce kids to character strengths. Each letter of the alphabet highlights one...

I like ice cream, I bet you like ice cream and it turns out sloths like ice cream too! In Rebecca Rae Williams's book, Slow Moe Gets a Tasty Treat, we meet Moe the sloth. He is very excited to get to the Tasty Treats...

It’s Music Time by T.C. Bartlett is a story filled with imagination, animals, and music. The story starts with a young boy on his way to a drum lesson. On the way, he makes a slight detour into the woods only to discover some wonderful...

My Big Welcome: A Story About Kindness by Onaolapo Dagunduro is the story of a little girl who has to change schools in the middle of first grade. Emilia loves her school and doesn't want to move and leave her friends. She remembered a new...

Puppy Pete’s Imaginary Jungle (Crochet Me a Story) by Rachel Hilz is a story about a crocheted puppy and his imagination. It’s raining outside, and Puppy Pete is bored with nothing to do inside. So he has a brilliant idea to use his imagination to...

Kids love mermaids! Mermaids, Mermaids in the Sea by Bethany Stahl is filled with all kinds of mermaids. Each spread starts with the refrain Mermaids, Mermaids in the Sea, and then adds a rhyming couplet. Other sea creatures make appearances throughout the book, such as...

A young giraffe was drinking water from a lake and a young bug was sleeping on a leaf. The little bug accidentally rolled off the leaf and landed in the left ear of the young giraffe. The young giraffe tried her best to get it...

Harry and Philip always went to the bacon tree for a late-night fill-up. Whether it was breakfast, lunch, or a snack, one could always go to the bacon tree. Though the sun was down, the bacon tree was glowing with salty delight. Harry told the...